by Nicole Christensen | Apr 21, 2026 | Uncategorized
What is CDPAP? Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program. How does CDPAP help? It allows those on Community Medicaid to have people they know and trust get paid for providing care as Personal Assistants (PA). It important to note that unlike utilizing a homecare...
by Nicole Christensen | Apr 17, 2026 | Uncategorized
Parkinson’s disease affects too many of our clients, family and friends. My father had Parkinson’s and I saw first-hand an extraordinarily strong man became slowed in his walking, unsteady gate and tremors made ordinary tasks so challenging. I have also seen in just...
by Nicole Christensen | Nov 25, 2019 | chronic illness, Daily Health Tips
The average senior takes five prescription medications per day and fills between 9 – 13 prescriptions each year. That is a startling number of pill bottles lining the typical seniors’ counter, each one representing an opportunity for a mistake to be made. Older...
by Nicole Christensen | Sep 23, 2019 | Care News, Daily Health Tips
Medical alarm and protection company LifeCall made the catch phrase “I’ve fallen, and I can’t get up” part of our popular culture and the punchline of many jokes. But the reality is that falls by seniors that result in injury are nothing to laugh at. Many occupants of...
by Nicole Christensen | Sep 16, 2019 | Care News, chronic illness, Daily Health Tips, Plan Ahead-Get the Care You Need
News reports filled with heartbreaking images of the devastation wreaked by Hurricane Dorian on the Bahamas are still fresh in many of our minds. While Long Island is frequently spared from the damage of such severe storms, we still remain vulnerable to natural and...
